Dressing tool for emery wheels



June 5, 1923;

H. MORRIS DRESSING TOOL FOR EMERY WHEELS Filed Aug. .26. .1920

Patentedxlurie 5, 1923.

HENRY MORRIS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. ASSIGNOR TO THE WESTERN TOOL & MANU- FACTURING GOMPANY,.OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

DRESSING TOOL FOR EMERY WHEELS.

Application filed August 26, 1920. Serial No. 406,177.

T 0 all 20 ham 2'?? may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Monnis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring tool of the kind referred to so designed as to cause the working end of the abrading material to be of a self-sharpening character and thereby maintain it in a form to secure the best results in the dressing operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a casing for the abradingmaterial which will enable the tool to be more conveniently and accurately manipulated by furnishing flat bearing faces for the same to thereby permit the abrading material to be conveniently and easily held in proper working relation with the emery wheel or other device being dressed.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a tool embodying my improvements.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l with the abrading material omitted. I

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 with the abrading material omitted.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the metallic casing, 2-a handle secured in one end thereof, and 3 an abrading stick of any well-known abrasive material placed in the casing in any well known and suitable manner.

In order to accomplish the purposes of my invention, I construct the metallic casing,

' which is of sheet metal and of the usual tato prevent the tool' from rotating, but the form of the casing also permits the use of a, similarly-shaped stick of abrading material so that the working end of the material may be maintained in sharpened condition; or, in

other words, the form of the material per-f mits it to be self-sharpening in character. It will be understood that the abrading material, in whatever form it is inserted in the metalliccasing, will completely fill the casing so that the exposed part of the abrading material as the casing is ground away will be of a character which embodies a plurality of flat faces and conforming to the shape of c the casing. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim .1, In a tool of the, character described, a metallic casing of elongated shape and provided with a plurality of exterior flat faces to provide fiat bearing seats for the tool, and a stick of abrading material permanently enclosed in said casing and projecting from one end thereof, said casing being of a ch'ar-' acter adapting it to be ground away to ex pose the abrading material as it wears, the plurality of flat faces of the casing enabling the same to be turned and supported in different positions when in use to thereby permit the exposed end of the abrading mate rial to wear equally on a plurality of sides and render the same self-sharpening.

2. In a tool of the character described, a metallic casing of tapering form provided at one end with a handle, a stick of abrasive material enclosed in said casing, saidcasing, being formed with a plurality of flat faces with the end of the abrasive material projecting from the small end of the casing.

3. In a tool of the character described, a

metallic casing' of triangular shape, and a In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set w my hand this 13th day of August, 1920. v

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HENRY MORRIS. I i 

